The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) caused an acute respiratory illness named COVID-19 and the disease spread all over the World.
Fever, cough, fatigue, gastrointestinal infection symptoms form the main clinical symptoms.
Pregnants and newborns form a vulnerable population and urgent measures must be addressed.
Studies about the effect of COVID-19 on pregnant women, developing fetuses, and infants are limited.
Various viral diseases can cause congenital or acquired, unilateral or bilateral hearing loss.
37 infants whose mother was pregnant between March 2020 and December 2020 and were born after the diagnosis of COVID- 19 during pregnancy and 36 healthy infants were included in the study.
Transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE), distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) and contralateral suppression of OAE (CLS OAE) tests were performed on all infants.